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HISTORY
The Borough of Woodcliff Lake is nestled in the northwest portion of Bergen County, New Jersey. It occupies an area of approximately 2,300 acres, equivalent to 3.6 square miles. It is part of an area generally referred to as the Pascack Valley. The Borough was incorporated in 1894 under the name of Woodcliff. The word “Lake” was appended to the name in 1910 to be the same as that of the Post Office. Today, it thrives as an upscale community. Woodcliff Lake has many historic houses and buildings, some dating from the 18th century. Many old buildings are also present, but are likely to have been modified through the years. The borough has seen intense development over the past 50 years, as virtually all areas available for construction have been developed.[citation needed]
Parks and Recreation
Wood Dale County Park is a Bergen County park covering 118 acres (48 ha) located on Prospect Avenue. It has a playground, a dog park, walking path, tennis courts, athletic fields, picnic areas and a lake for fishing and model boating. Old Mill Pool is a public pool complex located on Werimus Road. It has a pool, water slide, playground and a picnic area.
Education
1,126 students and 74.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.2:1. The schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are Dorchester Elementary School with 496 students in grades Pre-K through 5 and Woodcliff Middle School[108] which had 269 students in grades 6–8.
For ninth through twelfth grades, Woodcliff Lake and Montvale public school students attend Pascack Hills High School. The school is part of the Pascack Valley Regional High School District, which serves students from Hillsdale and River Vale at Pascack Valley High School. As of the 2017–18 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 811 students and 70.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.6:1. The Mayor and Council of Woodcliff Lake have passed resolutions supporting the withdrawal of the borough from the Pascack Valley Regional High School District, noting that the community contributes 28% of the district's spending, while accounting for 19% of the students attending the district's schools. Both Montvale and Woodcliff Lake, with substantial commercial property tax ratables, have a cost per student substantially higher than that paid by the other two communities, with Woodcliff Lake's cost of $28,521 nearly double the $14,840 paid by Hillsdale (on a per student basis).
Public school students from the borough, and all of Bergen County, are eligible to attend the secondary education programs offered by the Bergen County Technical Schools, which include the Bergen County Academies in Hackensack, and the Bergen Tech campus in Teterboro or Paramus. The district offers programs on a shared-time or full-time basis, with admission based on a selective application process and tuition covered by the student's home school district.
Transportation
Woodcliff Lake is served by NJ Transit at the Woodcliff Lake train station, located at Broadway and Woodcliff Avenue. The station offers service on the Pascack Valley Line, which runs north–south to Hoboken Terminal with connections via the Secaucus Junction transfer station to New Jersey Transit one-stop service to New York Penn Station and to other NJ Transit rail service. Connections are available at the Hoboken Terminal to other New Jersey Transit rail lines, the PATH train at the Hoboken PATH station, New York Waterways ferry service to the World Financial Center and other destinations and Hudson-Bergen Light Rail service. Rockland Coaches offers service to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan on routes 11T/11AT and 45/46/47. Saddle River Tours / Ameribus provides service to the George Washington Bridge Bus Station on route 11C.
GENERAL INFO
Population: 6,456
Distance to NYC: 18 miles
Population Density / Mile: 1,896
Median Age: 47
Number of Households: 2,170
Households with Children:
700
Median Household Income: $153,606
City Hall: Woodcliff Lake Borough Hall
Address: 188 Pascack Road
Phone Number:
201-391-4977
Town Website: http://www.wclnj.com
Library Website:
http://www.bccls.org
Water Service:
Park Ridge Water Company
Gas & Electric:
P.S.E.&.G
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